Top bank chiefs are being handed pay packets that look increasingly like the pre-2008 era. New disclosures from NatWest and Lloyds in the UK, and Citigroup in the US, show sharp rises in total compensation and bonus payouts. The jump…
Health unions have criticised a 3.3% NHS pay rise for 1.4 million staff in England, calling it “an insult” and a “betrayal” of frontline workers. The increase, imposed for 2026-27, covers roles including nurses, midwives and porters. Unite went further…
The US economy added 130,000 jobs in January. Economists had expected 70,000. The unemployment rate reached 4.3%, a touch higher than in the fall. January beat December’s weak gain of 50,000. However, it trailed the 143,000 jobs added in January…
Manchester United has issued a rare public statement stressing its “inclusive and welcoming” values after co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe faced widespread condemnation for saying the UK is being “colonised” by immigrants. Ratcliffe, who is based in Monaco, apologised for his…